9/11 Tribute Center programs are offered throughout the year. Lectures, educational workshops and support programs are available to unite family members who lost loved ones, survivors, Lower Manhattan residents, rescue and recovery workers and volunteers who assisted in the aftermath of 9/11. Visit tributewtc.org for a schedule of upcoming programs and events.

After serving as a US Marine, surviving the terrorist attack in Beirut in 1983, serving in the NYPD, John G. Chipura joined the FDNY. He was killed in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. He was 39 and engaged to be married.